Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-15
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looRREsPoEDESoE POST
WAsHN0ToH. Feb. IA.
The adjournment Of Congress d0es
not produce today the commercial calm
aud the social solitude Of thirty, pFopoF-
tionRtely greater than the marvellous
growth Of the county. The coming
aud going Of Congress 10 no longer its
life or death. The President. the Oabi-
net. the heads Of the great government
offices, Generals, Admirais, judges.
Journalists, senators, and Members OF
the lower House live or lnRer here the
greater part of the year. The Capital
has become q center fer conventions. q
Mecca for exeuFsi0nists, and not a bad
place for clippers and other crAnks. The
Art Galleries, Museums, the monumen.
tal and architectural attractions of
Washington are not equalled by those
OF any city IN this hemisphere, and are
scarcely excsllsd by the great cities Of
the old world. GIVE as time and ap.
preparations" said a distinguished trav-
eleF, land We will distance rivalry "a
far as our wealth and railroads distance
those OF any other people" What
physical wonder will not wealth when
welded 20 energy accomplish Add
what moustrosity will il not accomplish
IL divorced from taste, intelligence, and
moral putpose2 II would be we'll for "a,
as a people, TO remind our vanity oeca-
siauAily that mere biRness IL not great
ness. The startling may be an element
OF the Sublime. bat 1t Is also an element
OF the gFotesque. As for example, look
at tbs new peasion building, the most
uncanny oils Of red brick IN the weird,
aRd al the equestrian monuments Of
Washington and Of Scott.
All the world will remain In Washing
ton until after the great, National, com
pe,it.ve drill which il TO begin the
twenty second OF May, and to continue
for a week or more. Crack companies
representing foot, horse and artillery
will be here from all parts OF the Uhion.
The drill will be on the large and paE-
feotly level plain south Of the White
House. The latest story IL that Jeffer-
son Davis will accompany Mississippi
infantry company as its guest. From
ten 80 fifteen thousand holiday soldiers
will be here. accompanied by their sis
ters. cousins, and aunts, and thousands
OF visitors are expected from ell parts
Of the eoantTy.
The final hoars Of Congress we're hnr-
ried and turbulent; bills which should
have had the careful consideration Of
days, we're railroAded through at the
eleventh hsur IN the hope Of avoiding
an extra session. There was about
two hundred measures left on the twO
calendars when Congress adjourned on
Friday representing work IN Committee
and elsewhere stitch would have taken
the lifetime OF any single lawyer TO
perform. Hundreds of the measures
Whieh will die With this Congress have
oeoapied a. many a. half a Goa n meet
inEs OF Committees, composed OF from
nine 10 fifteen msmbeEs. most Of whom
are active workers. and whose time de-
voted 10 lAw, medicine. and other pro
feasions OF busiRees would command
high remuneration. Most Of the meas
uFes which will die on the calendars
are Of private nature. for claims. psn-
siona, etc, bus more than one third Of
them are Of general character. and
one fourth Of them Of national impor-
lance.
Quite a numbsr OF important bills
nave been pAs4rd oy tie tast congress,
macy Of them u great value as lsgisla
ton. TIE following are among she
namber: The oleomArgArine bill. the
DINGHY shipping bill. the Anti-polvgsmy
bill. the Presidential saccessioH bill. the
ELECTORAL eonnt bill, the FitK John
Porter bill, tue Atlantic aud Pacific
land graAt forfeiture bill. the trade dol
lar bill. the lsbaF arbitration bill. the
siil 90 prohibit aliens FROM acquiring
land in The Uniled states. the Indian
ssvrralty bill, the widows pension bill.
the Mexican pension bill. the National
library building bill. the bill 30 extsnd
the money order system. the bill TO ex
tend the free delivery system, the bill
- prohibit the importation Of contract
labor and the interstate eommeres bill.
LESux.